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Re: st: Need Help with Stata Programming
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: Need Help with Stata Programming
Date
Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:11:41 +0000
Note that some simplifications of technique may be possible if the
event occurs at most once for each identifier. That is suggested by
your example, but may not be the rule.
Nick
[email protected]
On 20 November 2013 13:27, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> A similar question was posted only yesterday
>
> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2013-11/msg00745.html
>
> and advice included a reference
>
> SJ-7-3 pr0033 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stata tip 51: Events in intervals
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox
> Q3/07 SJ 7(3):440--443 (no commands)
> tip for counting or summarizing irregularly spaced
> events in intervals
>
> which is accessible at http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=pr0033
>
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
>
> On 20 November 2013 13:11, Michael Stewart
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I am trying to measure number of visits/admissions before and after a
>> particular event and was hoping to get help from Stata programmers in
>> the Statalist
>>
>> My dataset is as follows . ED: stands for emergency department visit &
>> IP stands for Inpatient admission
>>
>> Patients are sorted chronologically (by date).
>>
>> My goal is
>>
>> 1)Count number of admissions(i.e., admit_type==IP) 60 days before the
>> event(i.e., event==1) OR 60 days after the event(i.e., event==1).
>> 2)Sum up the cost of the admissions (i.e., admit_type==IP) 60 days
>> before the event(i.e., event==1) OR 60 days after the event(i.e.,
>> event==1).
>
>
>> 3 ED 0 date_1 USD xx
>> 3 IP 0 date_2 USD xx
>> 3 ED 0 date_3 USD xx
>> 3 IP 0 date_4 USD xx
>> 3 IP 1 date_5 USD xx
>> 3 ED 0 date_6 USD xx
>> 3 IP 0 date_7 USD xx
>> 3 ED 0 date_8 USD xx
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